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Last year I did a preview of Meromorph’s The Shipwreck Arcana for the game’s Kickstarter campaign. The game successfully funded and just recently fulfilled backer rewards. The game came out absolutely beautiful with a stunning white box, amazing card art, and wonderful wooden tiles. I have to admit I was a bit excited to get my copy in the mail as …

Better late than never. Picked up Doom: The Board Game over the holidays. If you own any of Fantasy Flight’s Star Wars Imperial Assault box sets, then you know what to expect. Here it goes. Inside the box, you will find: •1 Rule Reference Guide •1 Operations Guide •1 Learn to Play Guide •37 plastic figures (4 Marines and 33 …

It’s time for a Tao Long unboxing! Thundergryph Games wrapped a successful campaign for Tao Long last year and backers are finally starting to get their copies in the mail. I just received a Deluxe version of the game and just had to take some pictures. This version comes in a beautiful magnetic box with a sleeve covering it, a …

Last month, Fantasy Flight released the long-awaited Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition board game. Now that the 2017 holiday frenzy is slowing down, I found a moment to post some unboxing photos of the game’s contents. Let’s jump right in and take a look: Opening the large game box, the paper materials (game tokens, faction sheets, system tiles, rule books) sit …

I was lucky enough to get my hands on a pre-release copy of this game that was available from both Essen and PAX Unplugged, so I figured I’d get a Dead Man’s Doubloons unboxing done! Some things to keep in mind here (if you don’t hear me repeat them like 800x in the video) are that the insert and some of …

Back in August when I first found out about a new edition of Zendo coming out I couldn’t contain my excitement. I finally had a chance to actually sit down and play while at PAX Unplugged a few weeks back. Now, my own copy arrived and I just had to rip it open and get some pics. You may notice …

Time for a Dust Cthulhu Mythos Army Set Unboxing! I’d never seen Dust 1947 before PAX Unplugged 2017. I’d heard of Dust Tactics before, but wasn’t aware of the product’s relaunch as Dust 1947 back in 2016. I got a chance to sit down and play a demo of the game during my time on the show floor, then was …

One of the games that stood out most at PAX Unplugged 2017 was Eschaton from Archon Games. Their booth had a dark, brooding feel and only contained Eschaton, a game that matched the booth presenting it. There’s very little color to Eschaton, the game containing mostly shades of grey and black with a few accent colors on only a handful of …

Here we go! Took another shot at a live unboxing, this time with better video quality! Rob KalajianMedia personality Rob Kalajian has been a staple in the board game world for many years. As a former writer for Purple Pawn and the owner of A Pawn’s Perspective, Rob focuses on board game reviews, events, and news. A self-proclaimed geek, Rob …

Following hot on the heels of Cryptozoic’s Cartoon Network Crossover Crisis, Cartoon Network Crossover Crisis: Animation Annihilation Unboxing brings new characters and cards to the Cerberus Engine deckbuilder. Adding the new “Wonder” keyword to the game, it’s compatible with any other Cerberus Engine game that Cryptozoic puts out. This new Crossover Crisis set includes characters from the follow series: The …